PLOT

In the 18^th century a Turkish ferryman saw about 800 Serbian builders crossing into Serbia from Osat, and all of them were called John. Many monasteries, churches, cathedrals, chapels were renovated and they also built in Turkish cities as Constantinople, apart from other many places.

In the early 19^th century an excellent mason called Dimitriye Shuvakovich was born, who built a little palace with a modern park for the Lord Nikolich of Rudna.

This Lord Nikolich of Rudna had a daughter, Attilia, who was 15. Shuvakovich was dismissed by the lord Nikolich of Rudna once he had finished the entrusted works, but the palace where Attilia had to live once married was not built.

So, Yagoda, the coachman, is commanded to find the best builder among all the Johns to build the palace. Yagoda found two Johns: John the Damascene, who built in men’s hearts and John the Ladder, named after the holy father, who built ladders to the sky. Nikolich ordered to bring them both; one to build the palace and the other one to build the church to the wedding. Nikolich said that he would pay each year in advance but everything must be finished at the same time.

After having lunch, Attilia and Damascene got into the music-room where she asked him for building a house as if it were a love letter. Moreover, she told him that she had given birth in her thoughts a little boy who had a scar in his forearm.

On the Feast of St Andrew the First- Called, both Johns brought their drawing to Nikolich.

Although the palace was not finished, was being furnished. In that moment Attilia realised that all the furniture began with the same letter, and she thought that Damascene was sending a secret message.

When she went to the dinning-room she got surprised when she saw the painted ceiling. So, she started to calculate the distance existing among the stars painted on the ceiling and the results led her to Sankt Pölte. There, they asked if they would find a monastery on the way to Linz.

When she got there, she wrote a letter to her father where she explained him meticulously her visit to the monastery of Kremsüsnster. On the way back, Lieutenant, a man who met, showed a book dated in 1744 in which it appeared exactly the same as she had written to her father. Attilia was very surprised and the

Lieutenant asked her if she knew somebody living there. But actually, she only knew her boyfriend Alexander. Afterwards, she told him what her relationship was like.

Lastly, the Lieutenant turned out to be her boyfriend Alexander and, curiously his forefinger was missing.